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■ • .. .■ ■' /» / THB CLINTON CHBONICLE. CLINTON. 8. C THURSDAY. DBCEMBEB 10^M§36 ' % \ ’ ho# qokkly w^.c/n reach 7^ m. p. h. Itt ^fEaUbttM IfOO / WILSpN W. [, Editor and Publleber , V PubihiW Every Thnraday By ' THE GgROWICLE PUBLISHING CX)MPANr ^ ’ ' - r -* *•- - * — - - -- ^ Subserip^n Rate (Payable In Advance): One Year 1.1.50; Si^Montha 75 cents; Three Months 50 cents Entered|a8 S^ond Class Mail Matter at the Poet Office at Clinton, S. C. ' ' . ■■■■ ■! ■ Ml ■ I. \ ee I I ■ ■ , .11 The (Chronicle seeks the cooperktioh of its subscribers and readers—the publisher will at all times apprmate wise sugirestions and kindly ad vice.. The Chronicle will publish letters of general interest when they are not of a defamatory nature. Amnymous communications will aot^ be noticed. T^is pap^is'^not responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. ' lo matter hbw fast the man dr woman in front of us is going, we havel'^a . deep-seated * desire to paae hinr and ^her and them.'^A person that bats 100 per cent in intelligence in his office or at a movie or at church or at even a stag, party, won't bat over 40 or 50 when he drives an atitomobile. Something gets out of adjustment automatical-! ly just as soon as he gives her the! gas. CLINTON. S. €., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, ^ DOUBLING UP OF TAXES , The overlapping of taxes and the taxing power by- the state govem- ■ ments and the federal government / seenrs to be bringing about a situa- does not mean squandering^, . tion which calls for correction and gluttony but a happy and I world thaiTls^ hard for so many. And, we should not forget as we eat, drink ahd make merry, that Christmas is, after all, Christ's mass, many adjustments. Som^ way should be* found to place'definite limits upon the fields of taxation occupied the national government and the state , govemments respectively. The trea.sury department has re cently made a report oh “double tax ation” from 1930 to 1935. There are' six fields of taxation in which both the federal and the state govem- Juat abpht 2 persons out of 10 STOP. One out of every 20 pos sibly looks' but only 1 out of 500 LISTENS, and even then, he’s list, ening to what his sweetie orchis cutie or his wife' is saying. Be lieve it or not, children under the age of 16 are the most careful driv ers on the road. You can’t recall but few, if any, wrecks where children or a child was at the wheel. Grown fools think they can drive whhn they can’t. _ ments operate. These are inheritance does the little child. To the extent taxes, individual income taxes, cor poration taxes, gasoline taxes, liquor beautiful thing. * As we look at our town in its beau- tiful <le€oration8 suggestive of.t'the Yuletide seasonras- we rSad the ihany appropriate and suggestive things in today’s.and the next two weeks’ pa pers telling of the celebration that touches the hearts of the whole world, it seems that we might all easily | catxjh the true Christmas spirit as th( we grown-ups banish unkindness and fears and hates, ahd open our hearts No law that hae eter been enact ed in these diggings has any teeth in it. We occasionally fine a drunk around $60 for driving while intoxi cated, but he atill has 75 cents left to buy another pint and get drunk on. He should forfeit his license if he drtvea wid hart.s somebody. After he Stays sober a few months, give him another chance, the final one. It’s getting dangerous these dajrs for a man to try to go anywhere ex cept down through his cow' pasture, then a big bull might puncture his anatomy. DIES IN COLUMBIA' Mr^. L(ria Maf Puller, 26, wife of W. L. Puller Lydia. Cotton Milla, di^ Saturday at State Park in Co lumbia, after gn extended illness. The fuiierml service* was at the home of her fat^r-in-Iaw^2iere' oh Sunday afternoon ' at 3/ o'clock, wit?h the Jtev. B. L. Woo^fickrtiiif. Intlirment followed iit Beaverdam cemetery near Mountvlile. The deceased is survived by her husband, two children, James and Mercer, one sister and one brother. FINAL SETli^M^T ’ - Take notice that on the 14th day of December, 1936, I will render a final account of my acts and. doings as Administratrix of the estate of Earle W. Workman, deceased, in the office of the Judge 'of Probate of Laurens County. at 11 o’clock a. m., and on the same day will api^y for a final discharge from my trust M Administratrix. Any person indebted to said estate is notified and required to make pay* ment ion or before that date; and all persons having claims against said estate will present them on or before said date, duly proven or be, forever barred. ESSIE ,W<?RKMAN, Administretrix. FILLED WITH THOUSANDS OF TOYS FOR ALL AGES. StaOR AT BEI^S AND SAVE! MEET SANTA IN TOYLAND THURSDAY NIGHT DOLLS! — Shirley Temple uni Quintuplet DoDi. All siicu. Alw the famous Horsman dolla, with human hair. Dy^dee and Rubier dolls. Priced taxes'and. tobacco taxes. While the 1 to kindness and love, we will approach federal "government took $2,271,440,- 000 in taxes from these sources in the fiscal year of 1935, the states dur ing this periwi collected over $1,000,- 000,000 from the same sources. From all but one of these taxes the federal government takes more than do all of the states which levy them. The gasoline tax, however, yielded nearly $600,000,000 to the states and only a little over $160,- 000,000 to the federal govfirmnent. Not all of the states impose inheri tance and income taxes, but so long as these fields are left open to the .the celebration with spirit.s alive toi its true significances. _j Nobody’s Business By Gee McGee News Briefs rfom Flat Rock licker-drinking seom.s to be spread ing in our midrt, wimmen have slowed down some, but young men have took over their .sihort-comings. the licker .s-toar at flat rock sold 19 states, the temjitation is strong ■ to. drunks, 8 fist-fights,- 3 cut take advantage of these opportuhi-1 ^**'*^■*^*'*1***' ^ pi»tol brawls and 7 4-' ties to increase state revenue. The largest souice of tax income of the states and their subdivisions''is the tax on real e.state. This i.s a field which‘ the federal government does not touch but doubtlesis soon .will. It would seem reasonable for the federal governments to keep out of the gaso line tax business and for the states to Itvave income and inheritance taxes irnd tobacco taxes to Uncle Sam. There certainly should he .some way ‘fouml to set up a sharp line of de marcation lH.‘tween the taxing au- shortly after dark thority of the staU's and that of the central gow<?fnment. Under the pres ent set-uj) the taxpa.ver is being heavi ly soaked 'fi-om both ends. \ otter-mobeel wrecks, last friday and satturday. that’s a slight gain over the previous satturday. WHAT CHRISTMAS MEANS Now colnes again in the svving of years another Christmas season. Ev- miss jennie veeve smith, our af- ficient scholl principle, has invested in a new fordor *iid. .she now takes heF' friends to ride nearly ever p. m. she takes only her boy friends however, and it is always either shorty long, the sody-jerker at the drug stoar, or the fruit tree agent, they always got back home Nobody wants a ■< car that won’t run over 40 m. p. h., but that’s what it is coming to if this murder-busih- ness ain’t soon checked up. 1 used to think a machine gun was a moatt~| horrible instrument of death, but one of them things ain’t in it with a bone- head and a fast car. Reckless driv ers have got T. B. jind Flue and Heart Disease hacked off the map! wnhen it comes to providing doctors and hospitals and undertakers with livelihoods. FR££/\o sufferers of iSTOMACH ULCERS HYPERACIDITY -Williirds MosSiiqo of Relief PRICEUSS INFORMATION thoK luffcring from STOMACH 6a DUonaNAL utxauu, dub to HTTsa. i AC.iniTY-POOa DICaSTION.-ACID DYSPEPSIA, soua STOMACH. GASSI NESS, HaiuiTaUBN. GOMtmkATION, BAD BEBATH, SLaaPLESSNESS OB HEAOACHBS. DUB TO KXCBSS ACID. Expiyag the nmrvtlpM WUkm4 Ttms- mgmt which to Mheias SoM «■ js frMn SMITH’S PHARMACY Dr. Felder Smith of . Dks. SMITH & SMITH OPTOMETRISTS Specialist In Eye Examinations Office Hours 8 to 6 Daily Phone 101 for Appointment Ciinton, S. C. D. E. Tribble Co. FUNERAL DIRECTORS ...aiid.M EMBALMERS Licensed Erabakners, Coraple^ Modern'Equipmeat / ' ■ ^ikaf Phone 94 Night Phonee 24. 253 or 255 Clinton, S. C 48c to $9.95 DOUr SPECIAL —200 dolb with cloth bodies. Extra special— 19c ea^ DOLL CARRIAGES and _ .BASSINETTES—-See our comfdete line of Doll €arriag<» and the new colorful Wicker Bassinettes. x:arriages~ $1.95 to $4.95 BASSINETTES— 98c to $2.95 WAGONS — Belk’a Big Boy, all- steel, ball-baring Wagona. Extra large and stream-lined body. Large rubber tires. Made to stand the most severe treatment. Special— - $3.29 Others from-^ j48c to $10.95 GAMES — Monopoly, Around the World. Bingo, and many others— 48c to $1.88 ->■( BELK'S DEPT. STORE Clinton, S. C. . " • If. ji,, h' no changes have took j^ace. in the relief set-up since^ the' dimmercrats* swept the world, holsum mooFe is still the~“hig l>oy,’’ but he has Infnn rt'pofted to'the seeker-terry of war 3 or 4 times for holding out on iwme of the ;K>or famillies and pass- iiff I ing their .stuff'to personal friends and his wife’s kinfolks, no ing is going on at this riling. cry country and every people have and his wife’s kinfolks, no suffer- Vheir own -siMHiial holidays, both na-': fioniil and religious, but Christinas is a day for all countries and all people, h is the world’s KolUlay. the poleesman happened to a verry sad axcident a few nights ago. he 4s it should bo, Chri.stmas is a day'was warming his feets on top of the of gladnc*s3, cominemoi'ating as it | stove in the city hall while on duty <ioes, the birth of Him who brought I about 9 p. m., when he'woke up, his To'the world the greatest gladness it has ever known oi' will ever know, it+ljad burnt'off, and he* was took to shoes and britches up to his knees 1: ' gives-us all, once a year, the oppor tunity to he l>orn anew. No matter how Weary, how discouraged, how self-centered, how narrow, how shriv- ele<l or how engrossed we have be- ci>me in the twelve months’ pursuit of money, glory or success, the opportu nity comes at Christmas for all of us to become new men and women. Selfish gain may dominate our lives for eleven months and two weeks, but for the fortnight before Christmas, at least, unselfiaih love aboMid.JMb.4ha.tei-. umphant note. The .King oL tHe Christmas season is e-ssentially the!? child. Grown-ups should never forget this. The dhirist- mas seasoiy^^elebrates the birth of one" who bad given a nwhe "tha W- mains; to this 4r-off. day above every other name. The child puts his inno- the hospittle for repairs, he had nev- ver befoar slept that sound except when aomeboddy was robbing stoars and filling stations in the night time ansoforth. it won’t be long- now- till our county dellegation will report to, the state cappitol to make new laws and create new jobs, the old-a^ pen sion bill' will be passed, and from now on, the children of the country won’t haye to be so mean to their bid mammas and papas, and the wirm .will turn, vizily: everboddy will want to live, with ma and pB instead of not Wanting raa and pa to live with them, we will get J$60 at^ur house. ^ enduring the hot presstdential «nt h^«rt iirto tJirratjw and takwjj^^ ^ our dollar not bo. Asm mt Dmt 1 kmrm ' a fleWnTf Bmndltni, Bmm ptrt, ^.Spmr* Tir0 ‘ Jte Including modals that ghra decidedly increased gasoline mileage. ••• All models sam^^ wheelbase, same body slxe.^ a-h«rt-fult of love with hint when,) th. day I. done How ^cb happr^ he can pay » much intruat and we Wd all rf we could r«p huy aa manny poata«e atampa ***'*^.)‘ ....... . and ride, aa far on the train and Chnatraaa li 1^ time to rememWr «« « much detta with the all the big and Irttle kmdneaa^ aoKialled c39 dollar aa ho could wHh have been beatowed upon us througli. ^,90 dollar, the only difference out the year, and however you re meipber it—whether with an expen sive present or with a greeting card —Bemember it with love. „ For no matter how much money you spent, you can give no more than . your friendship or love with each gift. We should not let this season pass without making happier some of those for whom life has bwn lees easy. You need not go far today or tomorrbw to find a child sorrowful, longing eyes, and perhaps , an outstretched hand. The tragedy of the Empty Stocking touches every heart in Which there Jives aa element of human kind ness. Tou will fuKl easily some man or .woman, cold and Don’t pass without ,patfciii^ lA least a'moment’s brightnesa into Mw tired faces and eyea.Or..thare may .be seme he sees, sq he says, he rarely ever got holt to one of them c59 dollars. yores trulie, mike Clark, rfd, ^ - corry spondent. R B^TYLED from stem to atern, the 1937 ‘ Ford V-S't are bow et your Ford Deal* •r'a. Modem V*8 endioee in 2 aizea are bffered. They’re emoodier, quieter, far more eoonoinioel.New eelf-energizing brakes give freefer atoppiiil power, with posipr pedal action. Bodies are all •teel-.top, aides, and "floor waldad into cme ateel unit--nd>l>er* ’ mouatad and folly inau]ated.Ridin^ comfort ia further improved, with rear teat now 7'' forward of the axle. Steering ia easier. Lud* '^iiie pompertmenta are mycL larger. Inte* Hora are ridier in appmntmenta end uphol* etefYnJii t. *:.Saa and drive theae gr^| new cen today and leara how You caw •|>*nd tou..own moro wMi a ford V-ai“ TOUR VOB9 DRALRR \ S-W-I-S-H-! There’s nothing strange or un usual about 37,000 pecpte“h^ng killed every year by automobires and around 850,000'wounded by the same agency. You won’t wonder at this if yqju’ll try to go somewhere yourself in a car, or stand near the highway or on the aiidewalks and watch' the antics of so-called human beings, motoried. laded &and or ecquaumoce conAiied at home or ia hospital because of iU- aeaa. Send him or her a Ghriatmte ca$^ of cheer. The kindnta# of the himvidail nukeli life powibte in a All of us, or at least—the major ity of us,. UMsluding this writer, lose our sense of fear, respect fbr^^others, as well'ae^ our aei>se axkl acting sen sible, just as soon as we hop ia our car, press the starter ai^ throw In the oloCeh. We want to otart off by leaping 50 feet, either forward or baekwazd, ami then we try to sm